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Dave Johnson

David Wayne Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 24, 1959 in Baltimore, MD
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 1987
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Tigers/Pirates 1987-1993

Final Game: September 19, 1993
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1982	22	PIT-min	A	4	4	.500	3.86	16	6	7	1	1	0	58.1	50	32	25	2	41	1	41	0	1	7			1.560	7.7	0.3	6.3	6.3	1.00	GRW · SALL
1983	23	PIT-min	A	7	5	.583	3.01	46	2	18	1	0	8	113.2	100	52	38	6	42	3	95	3	0	6			1.249	7.9	0.5	3.3	7.5	2.26	AXN · CARL
1984	24	PIT-min	A,AA	8	13	.381	3.03	25	25	0	7	1	0	172.0	155	74	58	4	66	1	95	4	1	10			1.285	8.1	0.2	3.5	5.0	1.44	PRW,NAS · CARL,EL
1985	25	PIT-min	AA	6	9	.400	3.12	34	18	9	4	1	2	153.0	129	66	53	9	45	1	84	2	0	6			1.137	7.6	0.5	2.6	4.9	1.87	NAS · EL
1986	26	PIT-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.17	22	22	0	6	1	0	150.1	150	68	53	6	35	0	71	3	0	0			1.231	9.0	0.4	2.1	4.3	2.03	HAW · PCL
1987	27	PIT-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.51	23	22	1	9	2	0	153.2	133	74	60	9	68	0	76	10	3	8			1.308	7.8	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.12	VAN · PCL
1987	27	PIT	NL	0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00

1988	28	PIT-min	AAA	15	12	.556	3.51	29	29	0	9	2	0	192.1	213	93	75	6	55	2	90	2	7	5			1.393	10.0	0.3	2.6	4.2	1.64	BFL · AA
1989	29	BAL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.26	18	14	2	2	0	1	105.0	104	45	38	4	31	2	60	4	1	4			1.286	8.9	0.3	2.7	5.1	1.94	ROC · IL
1989	29	BAL	AL	4	7	.364	4.23	14	14	0	4	0	0	89.1	90	44	42	11	28	1	26	4	2	0	378	90	1.321	9.1	1.1	2.8	2.6	0.93
1990	30	BAL	AL	13	9	.591	4.10	30	29	0	3	0	0	180.0	196	83	82	30	43	2	68	3	2	1	758	93	1.328	9.8	1.5	2.2	3.4	1.58
1991	31	BAL-min	AA,AAA	3	1	.750	2.32	5	5	0	1	0	0	31.0	31	10	8	1	8	0	17	0	0	1	124		1.258	9.0	0.3	2.3	4.9	2.13	HGR,ROC · EL,IL
1991	31	BAL	AL	4	8	.333	7.07	22	14	4	0	0	0	84.0	127	68	66	18	24	3	38	4	0	0	393	57	1.798	13.6	1.9	2.6	4.1	1.58

1992	32	DET-ANA-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.94	26	6	11	1	0	3	54.2	68	33	30	4	18	1	30	2	0	2	239		1.573	11.2	0.7	3.0	4.9	1.67	TOL,EDM · IL,PCL
1993	33	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	9	0	1	0	0	0	17.1	6	0	0	0	5	1	8	0	0	0	60		0.635	3.1	0.0	2.6	4.2	1.60	TOL · IL
1993	33	DET	AL	1	1	.500	12.96	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	13	12	3	5	1	7	2	0	1	46	35	2.160	14.0	3.2	5.4	7.6	1.40
5 Yrs				22	25	.468	5.11	77	57	9	7	0	0	368.0	439	215	209	63	102	7	143	13	4	2	1606	76	1.470	10.7	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.40
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.468	5.11	39	29	5	4	0	0	187	223	109	106	32	52	4	73	7	2	1	815	76	1.470	10.7	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.40

BAL (3 yrs)				21	24	.467	4.84	66	57	4	7	0	0	353.1	413	195	190	59	95	6	132	11	4	1	1529	80	1.438	10.5	1.5	2.4	3.4	1.39
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00
DET (1 yr)				1	1	.500	12.96	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	13	12	3	5	1	7	2	0	1	46	35	2.160	14.0	3.2	5.4	7.6	1.40

AL (4 yrs)				22	25	.468	5.03	72	57	6	7	0	0	361.2	426	208	202	62	100	7	139	13	4	2	1575	77	1.454	10.6	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.39
NL (1 yr)				0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1987	27	PIT	NL	6.1	5	0	7	9.95	4.98	0.50	-0.38	102.5	4.21	-4	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.2	-3	.421	.498	$

1989	29	BAL	AL	89.1	14	14	44	4.43	4.38	0.13	0.15	96.8	4.26	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.5	7	.484	.499	$70,500
1990	30	BAL	AL	180.0	30	29	83	4.15	4.39	0.26	0.16	97.7	4.19	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	1.7	21	.507	.501	$113,500
1991	31	BAL	AL	84.0	22	14	68	7.29	4.65	0.28	0.03	96.5	4.25	-28	-2.6	1.2	-0.2	-2.1	-19	.380	.484	$200,000

1993	33	DET	AL	8.1	6	0	13	14.04	4.92	-0.23	-0.38	98.4	4.69	-9	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.6	-8	.373	.495	$
5 Seasons				368.0	77	57	215	5.26	4.47	0.23	0.11	97.3	4.23	-41	-3.8	.8	-0.2	-0.7	-2	.451	.495	$384,000

BAL (3 yrs)				353.1	66	57	195	4.97	4.45	0.23	0.13	97.2	4.22	-28	-2.6	1.2	-0.3	0.1	9	.460	.495	$384,000
PIT (1 yr)				6.1	5	0	7	9.95	4.98	0.50	-0.38	102.5	4.21	-4	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.2	-3	.421	.498	$
DET (1 yr)				8.1	6	0	13	14.04	4.92	-0.23	-0.38	98.4	4.69	-9	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.6	-8	.373	.495	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1987	27	PIT	NL	5	31	29	7	13	0	2	1	0	0	2	4	.448	.484	.690	1.174	.500	20	3	0	0	0	0	0

1989	29	BAL	AL	14	378	340	44	90	17	2	11	0	6	28	26	.265	.325	.424	.749	.258	144	6	4	3	3	1	4
1990	30	BAL	AL	30	758	700	83	196	43	2	30	1	4	43	68	.280	.321	.476	.797	.273	333	17	3	5	7	2	4
1991	31	BAL	AL	22	393	364	68	127	20	2	18	3	3	24	38	.349	.394	.563	.958	.353	205	6	4	0	1	3	1

1993	33	DET	AL	6	46	38	13	13	1	0	3	0	0	5	7	.342	.435	.605	1.040	.345	23	1	2	0	1	1	3
5 Yrs				77	1606	1471	215	439	81	8	63	4	13	102	143	.298	.347	.493	.840	.294	725	33	13	8	12	7	12
162 Game Avg.				39	815	746	109	223	41	4	32	2	7	52	73	.298	.347	.493	.840	.294	368	17	7	4	6	4	6
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.389	.713	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	27	PIT	NL	-3.6	-0.3	31	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.12	-0.3	0.1	-5.6	-0.5	0.12	-3.4	0	1	3

1989	29	BAL	AL	-3.2	-0.3	386	0.2	6.4	-6.2	.96	-0.3	0.5	2.2	0.2	0.96	-1.1	0	0	0
1990	30	BAL	AL	-1.5	-0.2	768	-0.5	12.2	-12.7	.90	-1.7	1.2	4.4	0.5	0.90	-16.2	0	0	1
1991	31	BAL	AL	-27.6	-2.6	400	-2.2	5.7	-7.9	.89	-3.2	0.7	-33.6	-3.2	0.89	-31.8	3	1	4

1993	33	DET	AL	-7.9	-0.7	47	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.56	-0.8	0.2	-7.5	-0.7	0.56	-9.3	2	0	4
5 Yrs				-43.7	-4.1	1632	-2.8	24.9	-27.7	.89	-6.2	3.1	-40.1	-3.7	0.89	-61.9	5	2	12

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1989	29	BAL	AL	14	14	4	7	3	0	2	5	9	.357	2	1	4	0	7	50%	48.7	72	28	11	7	7	2	3.1	3.4	6.4	92	4	3	5	2	134
1990	30	BAL	AL	30	29	13	9	7	4	2	16	13	.552	2	2	3	0	14	48%	48.8	72	28	27	11	1	9	4.4	4.7	6.2	89	9	11	8	1	129
1991	31	BAL	AL	22	14	2	8	4	1	1	4	10	.286	1	3	0	0	3	21%	34.4	66	9	21	6	2	8	3.8	4.0	4.4	75	7	6	1	0	106
3 Yrs				66	57	19	24	14	5	5	25	32	.439	5	6	7	0	24	42%	45	72	9	59	24	10	19	4.0	4.2	5.8	86	20	20	14	3	134
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.4	4.3	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1987	27	PIT	NL	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	.121	0	1	3	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	2	1	3.8

1990	30	BAL	AL	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	.905	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	8
1991	31	BAL	AL	22	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	5	.892	3	1	4	0	3	5	5	3	7	0	7	1	8.3	37

1993	33	DET	AL	6	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	6	.556	2	0	4	0	1	5	2	4	4	1	4	1	4.2	25
4 Yrs				63	20	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	16	80%		.868	5	2	12	0	4	16	9	11	13	3	13	3	5.5	30

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1987	27	PIT	NL	31	52%	3.2%	12.9%	6.5%	9.7%	23%		4.00	77%				11	3	27%

1989	29	BAL	AL	378	53%	2.9%	6.9%	7.4%	7.9%	33%	0.48	0.59	81%	22%	6.3%	17%	71	6	8%
1990	30	BAL	AL	758	50%	4.0%	9.0%	5.7%	9.9%	38%	0.53	0.67	80%	18%	8.4%	14%	120	17	14%
1991	31	BAL	AL	393	46%	4.6%	9.7%	6.1%	10.2%	32%	0.58	0.73	79%	27%	9.8%	11%	84	6	7%

1993	33	DET	AL	46	46%	6.5%	15.2%	10.9%	8.7%	31%	0.60	0.80	63%	19%	17.6%	15%	16	1	6%
5 Yrs				1606	50%	3.9%	8.9%	6.4%	9.5%	35%	0.53	0.68	80%	21%	8.4%	14%	302	33	11%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	21%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	29	BAL	AL	380	1282	3.37	788	61%	26%	7%	27%	41%	74%	1%	46%	91%	52%	5%	19	11	14%	53	30	3	46%	5	7	-2	0	1
1990	30	BAL	AL	759	2577	3.40	1628	63%	26%	7%	27%	40%	74%	1%	47%	90%	55%	4%	30	18	17%	128	60	5	51%	8	10	-1	0	2
1991	31	BAL	AL	394	1341	3.40	836	62%	25%	9%	27%	39%	75%	1%	47%	88%	57%	5%	20	14	18%	71	41	5	39%	12	3	-1	0	0

1993	33	DET	AL	46	149	3.24	87	58%	26%	16%	21%	37%	74%	2%	43%	78%	61%	9%	4	0	13%	6	2	1	14%	1	3	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1579	5349	3.39	3339	62%	26%	8%	27%	40%	74%	1%	46%	89%	55%	5%	73	43	16%	258	133	14	45%	26	23	-4	0	3
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1987	27	PIT	NL	31	13			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	60%	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1989	29	BAL	AL	378	90	8	2	11	0	7	7	4	5	6	16	10	0	63%	4	0	0	130	0	6	0%	0	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	0
1990	30	BAL	AL	758	196	9	0	30	0	3	15	15	12	18	29	18	2	62%	4	1	0	253	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
1991	31	BAL	AL	393	127	31	0	18	1	13	8	10	10	8	21	14	3	67%	1	0	1	147	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0

1993	33	DET	AL	46	13	1	0	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	6	4	0	67%	3	1	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				1606	439	49	2	63	1	30	31	32	30	33	77	49	6	64%	12	2	1	565	4	13	24%	4	12	0	0	0	1	4	4	25	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1987	27	0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00	44
1988	28	0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00	44
1989	29	4	7	.364	4.61	19	14	3	4	95.2	103	51	49	12	30	1	30	4	2	0	409	83	1.390	9.7	1.1	2.8	2.8	1.00	83
1990	30	17	16	.515	4.28	49	43	3	7	275.2	299	134	131	42	73	3	98	7	4	1	1167	89	1.349	9.8	1.4	2.4	3.2	1.34	89
1991	31	21	24	.467	4.93	71	57	7	7	359.2	426	202	197	60	97	6	136	11	4	1	1560	78	1.454	10.7	1.5	2.4	3.4	1.40	78
1992	32	21	24	.467	4.93	71	57	7	7	359.2	426	202	197	60	97	6	136	11	4	1	1560	78	1.454	10.7	1.5	2.4	3.4	1.40	78
1993	33	22	25	.468	5.11	77	57	9	7	368.0	439	215	209	63	102	7	143	13	4	2	1606	76	1.470	10.7	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.40	76

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1987	27	0	0		12.60	5.0	13	8	7	1	2	3	0	3.000	23.4	3.6	5.4	1.50	1.8	5

1989	29	3	6	.333	5.10	83.0	96	52	47	12	30	24	4	1.518	10.4	3.3	2.6	0.80	1.3	14
1990	30	7	11	.389	4.96	167.0	208	102	92	32	46	63	3	1.521	11.2	2.5	3.4	1.37	1.7	30
1991	31	2	6	.250	8.30	77.0	132	79	71	19	25	35	4	2.039	15.4	2.9	4.1	1.40	2.2	22

1993	33	0	0		12.00	9.0	13	13	12	3	5	7	2	2.000	13.0	5.0	7.0	1.40	3.0	6
5 Yrs		12	23	.343	6.04	341.0	462	254	229	67	108	132	13	1.672	12.2		3.5	1.22	1.8	77

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1990 AL 2.150 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1990 AL 30 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL 2.150 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 AL 30 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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